Originally Posted By mrkthompsn If you're in Las Vegas this April, you can see these large displays at KioskCom. <a href="http://www.kioskcom.com/expo/exhibitors_detail.asp?ID=4104" target="_blank">http://www.kioskcom.com/expo/e xhibitors_detail.asp?ID=4104</a>
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Tours#Sequel" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S tar_Tours#Sequel</a>
Originally Posted By Britain Okay, humor me mrkthompson. Surely you gave us this link to show where someone else, perhaps you, added to the Star Tours entry to include the information about being glasses free. But please tell me you didn't GET your information about the new screens from Wikipedia.
Originally Posted By Britain Whew! Thanks. You can't be too sure about what you read on that thing. ...unlike these forums.
Originally Posted By avromark Wikipedia is the foremost authority in anything just ask anyone who graduated from this college in Toronto in the 60's that would give anyone a degree in anything they wanted so long as they paid for it and passed an exam (which was not written by experts
Originally Posted By ni_teach This is the oldest rumor on the planet. It would be nice to see some updates and it might happen, but I don't think that it will be any time soon. Don't hold your breath.
Originally Posted By cassiedoodle I see it happening. Maybe some of you need to be more open to other's stories and not shut them down so quickly. SHEESH. Get over yourselves. --everyone else, i still get on this site for you --
Originally Posted By ahecht Britain: "Plus, Disney tends to dip their toe in a pool of new technology first, and then spread it around. Jose becomes Mr. Lincoln becomes Pirates. Turtle Talk becomes Roz, becomes Mr. Potato Head." Actually, Stitch Encounter became Turtle Talk became Monster's Inc Laugh Floor. Roz and Mr. Potato Head are different technology (they use pre-programmed phrases only).
Originally Posted By Britain Thanks for the clarification. They are, however, still variations on live-operated animatronics (even if one strain in the species requires pre-programmed phrases).
Originally Posted By danyoung >I've seen these displays at the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. Simply stunning and excellent 3D imagery. < As someone with more than a passing experience with 3D projection, I'm going to remain skeptical on these screens until I see them for myself. I can't fathom how a screen without glasses can differentiate what goes into the left eye and what goes to the right. And this is the entire basis of 3D visualization. I'm not saying you're wrong, Mark - just that I'm not convinced yet. And I've heard nothing about Disney putting any of this technology into their attractions. Do you have some inside Disney knowledge?
Originally Posted By jonvn maybe the screens are lenticular-like in some manner. Although I can't see how that would work...maybe there are some sort of prismatic effect built into each particle of the screen such that when viewed slightly from the left and slightly from the right, you get two images. Or that could be completely insane and wrong, which is what it sounds like now that I read it, but I already wrote it so here it is.
Originally Posted By danyoung It's later on Friday, and I've had a bit of time to actually read the links that Mark posted. Here's a bit from the Philip's site - >A sheet of transparent lenses, is fixed on an LCD screen. This sheet sends different images to each eye, and so a person sees two images. These two images are combined by our brain, to create a 3D effect. Because the sheet is transparent, it results in full brightness, full contrast and true color representation.< Sounds really interesting. I'm looking forward to seeing this technology implemented!
Originally Posted By jonvn Oh, so it does send two images somehow, I will have to see this, too. I guess it must work. What if you tilt your head to the side, though? This will be pretty amazing looking if it works.
Originally Posted By Britain I dug up some info off of engadget.com Here is what a poster who has seen Philips' screen in action said about the technology, as of June 2007: "They basically work by having a bunch of prisims in front of each pixel, and sending slightly different images to each eye. This works OKAY if you're standing still, but as soon as you're moving (walking past an advertisement) the illusion is shattered and it starts to look like Captain Eo without the glasses." Here's the link: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/19/philips-intros-20-inch-3d-display-no-need-for-gaudy-glasses/" target="_blank">http://www.engadget.com/2007/0 6/19/philips-intros-20-inch-3d-display-no-need-for-gaudy-glasses/</a> So, my worry is that in a flight simulator, your head is going to be swayed from side to side. Will that spoil the illusion? Will WDI be tempted to install headrests that keep your head still? Maybe the tech has improved since last summer. Maybe WDI is tinkering with this glasses-free idea, but it might not pass muster once it's demo-ed to Lucas.
Originally Posted By danyoung All interesting points, especially jon's about head tilt. This of course doesn't work well with the glasses, and I'd think it'd really be bad for the prism projection. You'd end up getting one pixel in your left eye and another in your right. Can't wait to see it for myself.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn You do in fact lose the 3D image when you tilt your head. And, when you walk by the screen while continuously looking at it, it appears choppy - sort of like those old-style hologram cards. I'm a design engineer who works for a gaming manufacturing company, and have seen several demostrations of 3D displays - all new to the market. We're evaluating them for introducnig them into our products. There are certainly some that are not very good, and some that are just flat out amazing. Many 3D LCDs have low brightness, and are not very impressive. But Phillips has overcome this problem and have increased brightness. Phillips is the best 3D display so far. What really makes the difference is the CGI 3D content. A great 3D display can look terrible if the 3D content is terrible. You can buy your own, but get ready to pay up. $4,800 for a 20" wide screen
Originally Posted By mickeyboy43 Pricy, but I think if they're willing to fix it, they should go all out
